GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |